Toy jack-o&#39;-lantern.



No. 699,669. Patented May l3, I902.

' J. .1. nu KET.,

TOY JAGK-W-LANTERN.

(Application filed May 18, 1901.)

(No Model.)

2| TATES UNITE JOHN J. DU KET, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

TOY JACK-O-LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,669,

Application filed May 18, 1901- To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN J. DU KET, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy Jack-o-Lanterns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a toy jack-o-lantern, and has for its object to provide a pleasing toy of the kind that is adapted to be used as a substitute for the pumpkin jack-o-lantern commonly used on I-Ialloween and that is light, durable, economicalinconstruction, and readily lighted and conveniently handled; furthermore, in which the light-openings are provided with translucent coverings, readily applied, in colors as desired, whereby the flame is concealed and a glow-light is produced and the grotesque and fantastic eifects are heightened. V

Afurther object is to provide a toylantern of the kind that is adapted to have attached thereto and detached therefrom mask-faces of various designs, opaque or semi-opaque, with features adapted to be made luminous by the light of the lantern.

I attain these objects by constructing the lantern as hereinafter described, and illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure l is an isometric view of a jack-olantern constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a like View with the face removed. Fig. 3 is a section on the line as 00 of Fig. 2. Fig. ashows a form of lanternbody upon which a papier-mach or cloth face may be mounted, and Fig. 5 shows a preferred form of a candle or light socket.

In carrying out my invention the body portion of the lantern is constructed of any suitable material adapted to be compressed or molded and preferably comprises semisections 1 and 2, which are dished and provided with rims 3 and 4, respectively, whereby the sections may be assembled by telescoping the rim of one section into the rim of the other, and thereby form a hollow lantern-body of preferably a spheroidal formation. However, any other suitable form may be used. One of the sections is provided with a tubular sleeve 5, which is secured thereto at the bottom of one of the sections at one side of the rim and projects partially inside and parclated May 13, 19C2. Serial No. 60,857. (No model.)

tially outside of the hollow lantern-body and operates as a means for introducing an illuminant within the body of the lantern; but a socket similarly located within the lantern may be substituted for the sleeve.

6 designates a bail formed with a stem 7, by which a handleS may be secured to the stem. The arms 9 of the bailare spread to receive the lantern-body, to which the bail is pivotally and detachably secured by the pivots 10, which are formed by bending the outer ends of the arms inward toward the lantern. Opposite through each rim are formed orifices 11, which are so located that when the sections are assembled the orifices of one rim will coincide with the orifices of the other, preferably at points above the center of gravity of the lantern,and through the coinciding orifices are inserted the pivots of the bail, whereby the sections are locked against disjointingand the body of the lantern maintains a vertical position when supported by the bail whatever may be the angle of the bail relative to the lantern.

12 designates a detachable socket for a candle 13, by which the candle may be inserted within the lantern through thesleeve 5 and suitably supported therein.

A preferred form of socket 12 is illustrated in Fig. 5. of the drawings, which is formed of a sheet of metal rolled tubular, with overlapping edges which are secured at the top by a single rivet to form a top diameter suitable to enter the sleeve 5 and to receive a candle. By thus securing the top end the lower end expands and forms a tapering tubular stem, which is provided with a suitable handle 14 at the lower end and with a diaphragm 15, adapted to form a bottom to support the candle.. Thus constructed when the socket 12, with the lighted candle, is inserted in the sleeve 5 the lower end is compressed therein and operates to frictionally support the candle within the lantern body and may be readily removed by the handle. However, the socket 12 may be omitted and sleeve 5 may be used to support the candle by inserting a cork or other stopper in the bottom of the sleeve after inserting the candle therein.

One or both of the sections of the lamp are formed with apertures characteristically outlining the eyes 16, the nose 17, the mouth 18,

and other features of a grotesque or fantastic face of man or beast, and which openings will appear luminously outlined when the lighted candle is inserted .within the lanternbody. To hide the flame of the candle from view and heighten the eifect of the light, the various apertures of the face are each preferably provided with a translucent covering 19, of any suitable material and color, which is placed over the openings and secured to the body of the lantern on the inner side, whereby a glow-light is produced and the flame is made invisible through the openings. The sections of the lantern-body may also be corrugated, as shown in Fig. 3, to represent the corrugations of a pumpkin, from which it has heretofore been constructed, by cutting suitable apertures through the rind.

In Fig. tthereis shown a sectional lanternbody in which the middle portion of a facesection is removed and a papier-mach or cloth mask 20, of the usual formation, is placed over the opening in the section and suitably secured thereto, the rim of the section operating in this instance as a frame or stretcher to receive the mask. In this form by using a semitransparent mask the lantern may be adapted for use in night political parades and the like.

For the inlet of air and the outlet of gases and heat from the light I have provided suitable ventilations 21 at the bottom and top of the lantern.

What I claim as new is- 1. In a toy jack-o-lantern, the combination of a hollow spheroidal body, comprising semisections provided with rim extensions adapting the sections to be telescopically joined to form the whole; orifices for a bail coincident through the joined rims at opposite points above the center of gravity of the lanternbody; a bail provided with a central stem for a handle, and having arms curved to arch the body of the lantern, and the ends of the arms angled inward and adapted to be inserted in the bail-orifices to lock the sections against disjointing and pivotally support the lanternbody; a candle-socket within the lantern-body secured by its base to one of the sections below the center of gravity and at right angles to the pivotal axis and adapted to be held normally vertical by gravity; ventilating-orifices in the lantern-body at the base and opposite the top of the candle-socket; apertures cut through the wall of the body, and translucent coverings for the apertures.

2. In a toy jack-o-lantern, the combination of a hollow spheroidal body comprising semisections provided with rim extensions, adapting the sections to be telescopically joined to form the whole; orifices for a bail coincident through the joined rims at opposite points above the center of gravity of the lanternbody; a bail provided with a central stem for a handle, and having arms curved to arch the body of the lantern and the ends of the arms angled inward and adapted to be inserted in the bail-orifices to lock the sections against disjointing, and pivotally support the lanternbody; orifices through the lantern-body at diametrically opposite points at right angles to the pivotal axis, adapted to be brought, one vertically above and the other vertically below the axis by gravity; a candle-socket adapted to be inserted in the orifice normally below the axis, said socket having an elastic base adapted to be compressed by such insertion and frictionally secure the socket within the lantern-body; apertures cut through the 'wall of the body and translucent coverings for the apertures.

3. In a toy jack-o-lantern, the combination of a hollow spheroidal body comprising semisections provided with rim extensions-adapting the sections to be telescopically joined to form the Whole, a segment of one of said sections being cut away parallel with the plane of its rim and a translucent face-mask fitted over the opening thus made in the section; orificesforabail coincidentthrough thejoincd rims at opposite points above the center of gravity of the lantern-body; a bail provided With a central stem for a handle, and having arms curved to arch the body of the lantern and the ends of the arms angled inward and adapted to be inserted in the bail-orifices to lock the sections against disjointing, and piv otally support the lantern body; orifices through the lantern-body at diametrically opposite points at right angles to the pivotal axis, adapted to be brought, one vertically above and the other vertically below the axis by gravity; and a candle-socket adapted to be inserted in the orifice normally below the axis, said socket having an elastic base adapted to be compressed by such insertion and frictionally secure the socket within the lantern-body.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of May, A. D. 1901.

' JOHN J. DU KE'I. WVitnesses:

F. S. MACOMBER, CHAS. A. BOAKE. 

